[mythtv-users] The nvidia-settings tool and Myth (keeping overscan right)

[Ben Giddings]

Hi all,

I'm running a MythTV 0.17 box on Gentoo, and I'm getting closer and 
closer to nirvana.  I can now play music, view pics, view movies, record 
TV, and all that good stuff.

One of the few remaining issues for me is using all of my TV's screen 
real-estate.  If I use the 'nvidia-settings' tool, I can set up the 
overscan so that the image completely fills my TV.  Unfortunately, it 
doesn't last.  Especially if I use MythGame to launch an external 
application that resizes things (StepMania and TuxRacer for example). 
When I return to Myth the screen is no longer maximized.

I've found that the only way to reliably get the screen maximized again 
is to quit Myth, fire up the nvidia-settings GUI, twiddle the size 
slider, then quit the GUI.  Even running 'nvidia-settings 
--load-config-only' doesn't do it.

This is a real pain, because I'm mostly using the remote, and although 
pulling out the keyboard isn't too big a pain, finding a surface to use 
the mouse on is a real annoyance.

I know this isn't a Myth issue, it's poor design on nVidia's part, but 
how are other people dealing with nvidia-settings?  Does anybody have a 
way to re-maximize the display without leaving Myth, or at least without 
having to bring up the GUI?

Ben